Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary

Teach or instruct vocational or occupational subjects at the postsecondary level (but at less than the baccalaureate) to students who have graduated or left high school. Includes correspondence school, industrial, and commercial instructors; and adult education teachers and instructors who prepare persons to operate industrial machinery and equipment and transportation and communications equipment. Teaching may take place in public or private schools whose primary business is education or in a school associated with an organization whose primary business is other than education.

On the job, you would:

Supervise and monitor students' use of tools and equipment.

Observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement.

Determine training needs of students or workers.

Education and Training

teaching and course design

Business

customer service

management

Arts and Humanities

English language

Safety and Government

public safety and security

Basic Skills

talking to others

using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things

Social

teaching people how to do something

changing what is done based on other people's actions

Problem Solving

noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Verbal

communicate by speaking

listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

notice when problems happen

use rules to solve problems

People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.